The Deed: Is it a condition for the validity of faith, or is it part of it?
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Question:
What is the correct answer to this question: Is the deed a condition for the validity of faith, or a condition for its completeness?
Answer:
What is the position of the people of the Sunnah and the community and the people of knowledge? They have no doubt that faith is [such], because the deed is part of faith. The deed is part of faith; it is included in faith. Therefore, they define it by saying: Faith is speech with the tongue, belief with the heart, and action with the limbs. It increases with obedience and decreases with sin. If it were a condition, the condition would be outside the conditioned thing. It is not said that faith is a condition for faith, nor that the deed is a condition for faith. Rather, it is said that the deed is part of faith and included in its essence. This is the school of the people of the Sunnah and the consensus. What we see in this time is that people have become innovators who dig up obscure issues and twist them to mislead people. This issue is one of them.
The issue of whether the deed is a condition for the completeness of faith or a condition for its validity. We say: The deed is not a condition; it is part of faith, part of the essence of faith. It is of the essence of faith, not a condition for it, because the condition is outside the conditioned thing. This is misguidance. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
What is the correct answer to this question: Is the deed a condition for the validity of faith, or a condition for its completeness?
Answer:
What is the position of the people of the Sunnah and the community and the people of knowledge? They have no doubt that faith is [such], because the deed is part of faith. The deed is part of faith; it is included in faith. Therefore, they define it by saying: Faith is speech with the tongue, belief with the heart, and action with the limbs. It increases with obedience and decreases with sin. If it were a condition, the condition would be outside the conditioned thing. It is not said that faith is a condition for faith, nor that the deed is a condition for faith. Rather, it is said that the deed is part of faith and included in its essence. This is the school of the people of the Sunnah and the consensus. What we see in this time is that people have become innovators who dig up obscure issues and twist them to mislead people. This issue is one of them.
The issue of whether the deed is a condition for the completeness of faith or a condition for its validity. We say: The deed is not a condition; it is part of faith, part of the essence of faith. It is of the essence of faith, not a condition for it, because the condition is outside the conditioned thing. This is misguidance. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : والرب ليس يضيع ما يتحمل المتحملون لأجله من شان — islamhouse.com (58:53)
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